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Europe’s power system – vision for carbon neutrality

Smart Energy International

The new vision document, which builds on the organisation’s ongoing network development plans and innovation roadmaps, states that three elements are key for the power system of the future. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed. The scale of change is such that we need to act now,” says ENTSO.E in its vision document.

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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? Despite popular belief, electrification does not always lead to a reduction in carbon footprint. Similarly, the US and Canada have targets to double electricity consumption and be carbon-free or net-zero by 2050. Tom Christensen writes.

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Technology Trending: REC transactions and energy consumption matching

Smart Energy International

eFORT project to enhance European grid resilience Now is the time to get serious about Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism The initiative involved collecting data from multiple sources, including solar panels, generators and energy storage systems, to calculate the rate of green energy production into the grid.

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Why Flexible Gas Generation Must Be Part of Deep Decarbonization

GreenTechMedia

One of the primary reasons Germany cannot use all of the renewable energy it produces is because the nation’s fleet of coal and nuclear plants is still needed to ensure power system resilience when the wind slows or clouds cover the sun.

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LITE-ON eyes new smart grid technologies

Smart Energy International

The smart energy router is intended to flexibly manage power flow between renewable energy sources, energy storage and electric vehicles, which should lead to improved power quality and more reliable and cost-efficient operation of the grid. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Data centre virtualisation and cloud computing can play a pivotal role in power sector emissions reductions, says report

Envirotec Magazine

Coupled with the increased usage of renewable energy to fulfil electricity requirements, these energy efficiency gains can help IT operations in Europe to substantially decrease their carbon footprint. The report also provides an overview of how data centres can play a role in helping integrate renewables into European electricity grids.

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Northern Michiganders are getting off propane — and on to natural gas

Grist

Natural gas is a fossil fuel made up mostly of methane , an extremely potent greenhouse gas that is much more efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Then there are factors like the strength of the power grid and the resilience of its infrastructure, which experts say could complicate electrification. “Of